Vibration isolation cabinet

ABSTRACT

A vibration isolation cabinet assembly includes a single cabinet or a cabinet set installed on a vibration isolation module. The cabinet set is composed of multiple cabinets and located on a vibration isolation module. The vibration isolation module is composed of multiple vibration isolation devices. When earthquake happens, the transverse waves of the earthquake do not reach the cabinet and the cabinet sets because of the vibration isolation module and the vibration isolation devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Fields of the Invention

The present invention relates to a vibration isolation cabinet assembly of a vibration isolation module and a cabinet or cabinet sets, particularly for use in a digital system room.

2. Descriptions of Related Art

The system room comprises multiple cabinets for accommodating servos, internet communication devices and information technology (IT) devices. The cabinets are important for protection of the IT devices, therefore the functions and designs of the cabinets need to meet high standard requirements, such as dust-proof, water-proof, electronic shielding to impede interference or jamming due to the importance of the IT devices. The cabinets are required to have suitable accessories and parts to support the devices to be installed, wired, managed and maintained at low cost and less maintenance time. The cabinets also provide temperature control to enable the IT devices to operate at high efficiency. However, the cabinets lack vibration isolation feature which is important especially for countries or areas located at frequent earthquake zones. The vibration due to earthquake may shake and impact the cabinets, and the IT devices or the wires thereof can be damaged.

The present invention provides the cabinets with reliable vibration isolation features.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a vibration isolation cabinet assembly that comprises a vibration isolation device having a top support portion, and a cabinet located on the top support portion. The vibration isolation device is fixed on a solid horizontal surface, for example, an elevated floor. The length and the width of the top support portion define a support base which is equal to or larger than the support base of the cabinet.

Preferably, the solid horizontal surface is an elevated floor of a room.

In a preferred embodiment, the vibration isolation device and the cabinet on the top support portion of the vibration isolation device are fixed in an outer cabinet.

The present invention provides another vibration isolation cabinet assembly that comprises a vibration isolation module, and a cabinet or a cabinet set located on the vibration isolation module. The vibration isolation module comprises multiple vibration isolation devices which are arranged in matrix form and fixed on a solid horizontal surface. Each vibration isolation device has a top support portion. A vibration isolation platform is connected to the top support portions of the vibration isolation devices. The cabinet or the cabinet set is located on the vibration isolation platform. Preferably, the cabinet set comprises multiple cabinets that are located side by side.

Preferably, the length and the width of the vibration isolation platform define a support base which is equal to or larger than the support base of the cabinet or the cabinet set.

The present invention further provides a vibration isolation cabinet assembly that comprises a vibration isolation module, and multiple cabinet sets located on the vibration isolation module. The vibration isolation module comprises multiple vibration isolation devices which are arranged in matrix form and fixed on a solid horizontal surface. A frame comprises multiple frame links which are connected to each other in a criss-cross manner. The frame is installed on the top support portion of each of the vibration isolation devices. A vibration isolation platform is connected to the top surface of the frame. At least one of the cabinet sets has at least two main support cabinets and multiple general cabinets. The at least two main support cabinets are respectively fixed to two positions of the vibration isolation platform. A top fixing frame is connected to two respective tops of the at least two main support cabinets. The multiple general cabinets are fixed to the vibration isolation platform and located side by side between the at least two main support cabinets.

Preferably, the solid horizontal surface is an elevated floor of a room.

Preferably, a force distribution board is located between each of the vibration isolation devices and the solid horizontal surface.

Preferably, the vibration isolation module includes multiple side panels to seal sides thereof. The side panels are located on outside of the frame.

The advantages of the present invention are that when an earthquake happens, the transverse waves of the earthquake do not reach the cabinet and the cabinet sets by the vibration isolation module and the vibration isolation devices, so as to avoid changes of structural stress, deformation, shifting or even squeezing of the equipment in the cabinet or cabinet sets.

The present invention will be described in the following in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, preferred embodiments in accordance with the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the single cabinet with the vibration isolation device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows the outer cabinet and a single inner cabinet with a vibration isolation device;

FIG. 3 shows multiple single cabinets connected to each other and arranged side by side in two rows, wherein each cabinet is coordinated with a vibration isolation device;

FIG. 4 shows multiple single cabinets connected to each other and arranged side by side, wherein each cabinet is coordinated with a vibration isolation device;

FIG. 5 shows a cabinet set including two cabinets installed on a vibration isolation module;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view showing the force distribution boards, the vibration isolation devices, the frame and the vibration isolation platform of another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view showing the vibration isolation platform, the frame and the side panel of the vibration isolation module of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the parts shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view, taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 8, and

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the cabinet sets assembled with the vibration isolation modules of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In order to describe the vibration isolation cabinet assembly of the present invention, several embodiments are used, and the ratios, the sizes, the deformations or displacements of the parts in the embodiments are drawn in a way that is suitable for description of the present invention, and are not drawn according the ratios of the actual parts. Similar parts are represented by the same reference numbers.

FIG. 1 describes the single cabinet with vibration isolation device, which comprises a vibration isolation device 10 and a cabinet 11 located on a top support portion 101 of the vibration isolation device 10. The support base of the vibration isolation device 10 is defined by the product of the length L1 and the width W1 of the top support portion 101, and the support base of the vibration isolation device 10 is equal to or larger than the support base of the cabinet 11. The support base of the cabinet 11 is defined by the product of the length L2 and the width W2 of the bottom frame 111. By the fact that the support base of the vibration isolation device 10 is equal to or larger than a support base of the cabinet 11, the cabinet 11 is sufficiently supported by the vibration isolation device 10. The bottom frame 111 of the cabinet 11 is fixed to the top support portion 101 of the vibration isolation device 10 by using known fixing methods such as bolts. The vibration isolation device 10 is fixed on a solid horizontal surface 20 by its bottom fixing portion 102, and the solid horizontal surface 20 may be an elevated floor 21 of a room. The top support portion 101 and the bottom fixing portion 102 of the vibration isolation device 10 create interactions when earthquake happens so that the waves of the earthquake do not reach the cabinet 11. The vibration isolation device 10 hereinafter has the same features.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vibration isolation device 10 and the cabinet 11 on the vibration isolation device 10 are fixed in an outer cabinet 30 to form a module having an outer cabinet with a single cabinet inside.

FIG. 3 is a derivative form of the above mentioned single cabinet. The cabinets 11 are arranged side by side to form multiple rows, with a distance between the rows. In FIG. 4, the two rows of cabinets 11 are also arranged back to back.

FIG. 5 describes a single cabinet 11 or a cabinet set 13 installed on a vibration isolation module 12. The cabinet set 13 comprises multiple cabinets 11 arranged side by side. The vibration isolation module 12 comprises multiple vibration isolation devices 10 which are arranged in matrix form and fixed on a solid horizontal surface 20. Each vibration isolation device 10 has a top support portion 101, and a vibration isolation platform 14 is connected to the top support portions 101 of the vibration isolation devices 10. By using bolts, the vibration isolation platform 14 is fixed to the top support portion 101 of each vibration isolation device 10. The bottom frame 111 of each of the cabinets 11 is locked to the vibration isolation platform 14. The length L3 and the width W3 of the vibration isolation platform 14 define a support base which is equal to or larger than the support base of the cabinet 11 or the cabinet set 13. The definition of the support base of the cabinet 11 is the same as that mentioned before. The support base of the cabinet set 13 is the product of the length L4 and the width W4 of all of the cabinets 11 that are arranged side by side. This embodiment is used when the support base of the single cabinet 11 or the cabinet set 13 is larger than the support base of the top support portion 101 of the individual vibration isolation device 10. With the vibration isolation module 12, the support base is increased so as to ensure that the cabinet 11 and the cabinet set 13 are well supported by the vibration isolation module 12.

FIGS. 6 to 10 describe another vibration isolation assembly with a vibration isolation module 15 and cabinet sets 16. The vibration isolation module 15 comprises multiple vibration isolation devices 10, multiple force distribution boards 151, a frame 153, and a vibration isolation platform 155. The multiple vibration isolation devices 10 are arranged in matrix form and fixed on a solid horizontal surface 20 which may be an elevated floor 21 of a room. The elevated floor 21 is shown in FIG. 9. The force distribution board 151 is located between each of the vibration isolation devices 10 and the elevated floor 21. The force distribution boards 151 distribute the weight and pressure from each of the vibration isolation devices 10 to the elevated floor 21. The frame 153 installed on the top support portion 101 of each of the vibration isolation devices 10. The frame 153 comprises multiple frame links 152 which are connected to each other in a criss-cross manner. A positioning disk 154 is connected to the bottoms of the frame links 152 and at a location corresponding to each of the vibration isolation devices 10. The frame 153 is fixed to the top support portions 101 of the vibration isolation devices 10 by the positioning disks 154. The vibration isolation platform 155 is connected to the top of the frame 153. Furthermore, the vibration isolation module 15 includes multiple side panels 17 to seal the sides thereof. The side panels 17 are located on outside of the frame 153. In this embodiment, the connection between the force distribution boards 151 and the vibration isolation devices 10, the frame 153 and the vibration isolation devices 10, the vibration isolation platform 155 and the frame 153, and the side panels 17 and the frame 153 is by using bolts 23 or other known methods. Due to the limitation of the scale and size of the drawings, some of the bolts are omitted.

The cabinet set 16 shown in FIG. 10 includes at least two main support cabinets 161 and multiple general cabinets 162. The at least two main support cabinets 161 are respectively fixed to two positions of the vibration isolation platform 155. A top fixing frame 163 is connected to two respective tops of the at least two main support cabinets 161. The general cabinets 162 are fixed to the vibration isolation platform 155 and located between the at least two main support cabinets 161 and are arranged side by side. The bottom frames 111 of the at least two main support cabinets 161 and the general cabinets 162 are fixed to the vibration isolation platform 155 by using bolts or other known methods.

While we have shown and described the embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. 

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 7. A vibration isolation cabinet assembly comprising: a vibration isolation module comprising: multiple vibration isolation devices which are arranged in matrix form and fixed on a solid horizontal surface; a force distribution board located between each of the vibration isolation devices and the solid horizontal surface so as to distribute the weight and pressure from each of the vibration isolation devices to the elevated floor; a frame comprising multiple frame links which are connected to each other in a criss-cross manner, the frame installed on a top support portion of each of the vibration isolation devices; and a vibration isolation platform connected to a top surface of the frame, and multiple cabinet sets located on the vibration isolation module, wherein at least one of the cabinet sets has at least two main support cabinets and multiple general cabinets, the at least two main support cabinets respectively fixed to two positions of the vibration isolation platform, a top fixing frame connected to two respective tops of the at least two main support cabinets, the multiple general cabinets fixed to the vibration isolation platform and located side by side between the at least two main support cabinets.
 8. The vibration isolation cabinet assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the solid horizontal surface is an elevated floor of a room.
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 10. The vibration isolation cabinet assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the vibration isolation module includes multiple side panels to seal sides thereof, the side panels are located on outside of the frame. 